A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from October 27, 2022
“The self checkout lane was invented by a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons”

“So glad there are self checkouts when I’m sent to the store to buy tampons. I don’t have to awkwardly avoid the cashier’s eyes” was posted on Twitter by DunieLAF on February 16, 2010. “RT @LordStewie: I think self checkout was invented by a guy who had to buy tampons..<< lmao probably true<<< lol" was posted on Twitter by Cory Elliston on March 8, 2011. “I don’t think the self-checkout lane was invented for convenience… I think it was created by a man buying his wife tampons #justathought” was posted on Twitter by kyle thomas on February 18, 2012. “i think the self checkout was invented by a man who had to buy tampons” was posted on Twitter by Hope Baxley on March 6, 2012.
   
“The self checkout lane was invented by a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons” was posted on Twitter by DBarb on March 21, 2012. “the self checkout lane was invented by a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons” (also shown on an ecard by Someecards) was posted on Twitter by WTF GAG on September 24, 2013. This version of the saying might have originated on this ecard.
   
“Self-checkouts are for teenagers buying their first condoms” is a related saying.
   
 
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DunieLAF
@daniel_lyvers
So glad there are self checkouts when I’m sent to the store to buy tampons. I don’t have to awkwardly avoid the cashier’s eyes.
10:04 PM · Feb 16, 2010·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter
Cory Elliston
@MrElliston
RT @The_Laughin_Man: RT @LordStewie: I think self checkout was invented by a guy who had to buy tampons..<< lmao probably true<<< lol
10:23 PM · Mar 8, 2011·erased734497
 
Twitter
kyle thomas
@KyleKtmoney
I don’t think the self-checkout lane was invented for convenience… I think it was created by a man buying his wife tampons #justathought
8:58 PM · Feb 18, 2012·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Hope Baxley
@HopeOwen
i think the self checkout was invented by a man who had to buy tampons
10:06 PM · Mar 6, 2012·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
DBarb
@darcydoodles
The self checkout lane was invented by a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons
3:38 PM · Mar 21, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
Kandace
@_CityDove
The self check out lane was invented by a man sent to the store to buy tampons
1:00 PM · Apr 22, 2012·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Steven McLeod
@StevenMcLeod7
the self checkout lane was invented buy a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons
1:14 PM · Apr 28, 2012·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Trent Wilson
@wilson_trent
The self checkout lane was made by the man sent to the store to buy tampons.
4:26 PM · May 10, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
WTF GAG
@TheWTFgag
the self checkout lane was invented by a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons
(The saying is also shown on an ecard by Someecards.—ed.)
3:13 PM · Sep 24, 2013·NextScriptswtfgag
 
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PatriciaMorris
28 sep 2021
The self checkout lane was invented by a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons. Molt
 
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Bob Kostic
@causticbob
The self checkout lane was invented by a man who was sent to the store to buy tampons.
5:45 AM · Oct 26, 2022·Twitter Web App

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